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June 29, 2010

Learning Objectives

Students will:

• Learn to write a dialectical journal.
• Learn to identify nouns, pronouns, and antecedents.
• Identify the elements of a short story.
• Distinguish between mental and visible verbs.
• Learn to mark the text.

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Homework:

• Dialectical Journal: Gift of the Magi
• Complete your Cornell Notes (summaries)

Reminders:

• Checking homework today:
  • Cornell Notes Summaries
    • Class Expectations/Procedures
    • Elements of a Short Story
  • Summary Sentences for Gift of the Magi
• Summer School Planner (Due Each Friday)
  • summer school planner 2010.pdf

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Agenda

Grammar Review: Nouns and Pronouns

• Choose the proper noun that should be capitalized.
• Identify the pronoun and its antecedent.

Participation: Summer School Planner

• Pass out the Summer School planner
  • Students get one each week.
  • Explain the funtion of the planner.
  • Have students add their goals for this week, as well as the learning objectives/homework for Monday and Tuesday.

Reading Section: Identifying the Short Story Elements of "Gift of the Magi"

• Students listen/read the story again.
• Students work in groups of 3 to 4.
• Students create a graphic organizer with 5 boxes.
  • Give a model on the board: one box for...
    • setting
    • point of view
    • characters
    • plot
      • conflict
    • theme

Reading Section: Reading Dialectical Journal "Gift of the Magi" p. 6-13

• Explain dialectical journals: Dialectical Journal Template.pdf
• Students will finish this assignment as homework.
• Today in class, students find at least 3 quotations related to the THEME of the story to add to the Dialectical Journal. Their responses will be completed at home.
• Students have 10 minutes to identify and copy 3 quotations.
  • Explain the difference between quotations and dialogue.
• Complete the journal at home.

Reading Section: Evaluate and Connect "Gift of the Magi"

• Respond to questions 11-15 on page 14.
  • Copy the question on the left side of your Cornell Notes, write your answer on the right side of your notes.

Grammar and Writing: Verbs

• Verbs (add to your Cornell Notes)
  • Recognizing Visible and Mental Actions

Writing Section: Quick Write -- Media

• How much time do you spend with media?
• What do you listen to/read/watch the most?

Reading Section: Mark the Text

• "Young People Spending More Time With Media Than Ever"
  • Scan for vocabulary, define unfamiliar words.
  • Mark The Text as we read
    1. Number the paragraphs.
    2. Circle key words (not words you don't know, but words that are important)
    3. Underline important facts and details.
  • Also, as we read, write a brief summary in the margins of the text. The teacher will stop you and tell you when to write these summary sentences.

Writing Section: Young People and Media

• So what? What is the significance of young people spending a lot of time with media? Why is it important?
• Write a paragraph with your response.
  • Topic Sentence
  • Background Information
  • Quotation (According to the article, "...)
  • Explain the quotation and explain why it is important.
  • End with a personal connection: Why is this important for you?

Begin your Dialectical Journal if time permits.